Both you and your dog will be significantly happier once he is trained. When you are consistent with your dog, he knows what to expect. Training your dog makes life less stressful as you will be able to leave him alone and know he will behave well with visitors or in public. The time spent training a dog is paid back tenfold during your dog’s lifetime. Training is not easy, but it is very rewarding.
Crate training a puppy must establish the fact the the crate is the new home of the puppy. During meal time, place their food in the crate while allowing the door to remain open as they eat. This way that start to like their crate even more.
Rewarding your dog properly and generously is important when it comes to training them. Treats, toys and praise have to be given in the right doses and at the correct times. Dogs will not understand why you are rewarding them if you wait too long to do it.
Trying to understand how your dog is feeling. You need to exercise patience with your pet, even if you think he should be learning at a faster rate. It might make things easier if you ask yourself what is going on in your dog’s mind. Consider how it would be to see the world in their eyes. Doing this will give you a completely different perspective, which should help you in training them.
Training your dog is essentially establishing relationship rules, and, like with people, enjoyment with each other will be so much more since the groundwork has been established. The most important thing is to use positive reinforcement to remind your dog what he has learned. Keep his memory crisp, and do not let any deviations from acceptable behavior slide through. Once your dog is trained properly, your dog can do so much more.